The Pel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 291 people carried this name — #67,747 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 21% from 240 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
159 people named Pel have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 177 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 9 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Łódź.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 86 people named Pel.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Haute-Savoie.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Pel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johannes Ludovicius Jakobus Hubertus Pel 1823–1876 · military personnel -
Albert Pel 1849–1924 · serial killer -
Pieter Klazes Pel 1852–1919 · physician -
Ali Doelman-Pel 1932–2020 · politician -
Joseph Pel 1868–1936 · painter
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Jan Willem Pel 1943– · astronomer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pel.
- Peiffer 2,938 · U.S. census
- Pein 194 · U.S. census
- Peinado 1,615 · U.S. census
- Peine 723 · U.S. census
- Peirano 355 · U.S. census
- Peixoto 839 · U.S. census
- Pelaez 5,810 · U.S. census
- Pelan 289 · U.S. census
- Pelas 125 · U.S. census
- Pelayo 8,402 · U.S. census
- Pelc 1,003 · U.S. census
- Pelchat 693 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Pel is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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